by jordicabot | Aug 30, 2019 | funding, team
The easiest way to join my team is to bring your own funding. That’s how I funded my own stays both at the PhD and postdoc levels. You wouldn’t believe how many of the people writing to me have not even thought about looking into this option. Many...
by jordicabot | Sep 11, 2017 | Research Rants, funding
After the UML serenity prayer, the second most important prayer in my life is the following Academic Research Serenity Prayer by Micah Allen God grant me the serenity to accept that I will not get this grant, the courage to write it anyway, & the wisdom to know...
by jordicabot | Feb 14, 2016 | funding, proposals, Research Rants
A couple of weeks ago I submitted my proposal for the ERC Consolidator Grant 2016 call. Since I believe that open science includes not only the actual research activities but the research ideas themselves, I’ve decided to make my proposal public. You can read...
by jordicabot | Aug 11, 2015 | funding, proposals, Research Rants
Sometimes a few numbers go a long way to explain the deplorable status of research funding in a country, in this case, Spain (but unfortunately I’m pretty sure I could write the same for a few other ones). Some time ago I applied for a grant from the...
